Tag: Rejoice

Three Words That Make It Possible for You to Rejoice

Michele Morin14 Comments
Three Words That Make It Possible for You to Rejoice

When Amy Carmichael left her home in Ireland to serve as a missionary in India, she embarked with joy upon a career as an itinerant evangelist. As part of a close-knit ministry team, she traveled from village to village, sharing Christ and seeing lives transformed. One campaign reached twenty thousand people, drawing large crowds who… Continue reading Three Words That Make It Possible for You to Rejoice

Sunday Scripture ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Michele Morin53 Comments
“You mustn’t wish for another life. You mustn’t want to be somebody else. What you must do is this: ‘Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks.’ I am not all the way capable of so much, but those are the right instructions.”

According to the Apostle Paul, gratitude is more than a pumpkin-spice-feeling. It is a matter of obedience to the will of God. Author and poet Wendell Berry put words into the mouth of a fictional, elderly widow named Hannah Coulter who, in addition to being a crackerjack farmhand when needed and probably making a great… Continue reading Sunday Scripture ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18